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Implications of increased telehealth use on organisations providing mental health services during COVID-19

Centaine L. Snoswell https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4298-9369 A B * , Liam J. Caffery https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1899-7534 A B , Helen M. Haydon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9880-9358 A B , Annie Banbury https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8841-1215 A B and Anthony C. Smith https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7756-5136 A B C
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A Centre for Online Health, Ground Floor Building 33, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Qld 4102, Australia.

B Centre for Health Services Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.

C Centre for Innovative Medical Technology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.

* Correspondence to: c.snoswell@uq.edu.au

Australian Health Review 46(3) 381-382 https://doi.org/10.1071/AH22088
Submitted: 1 April 2022  Accepted: 10 April 2022   Published: 6 May 2022

© 2022 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of AHHA. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY)


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